Stand in for watched files when the client lacks them - #652

Draft

Firehed wants to merge 10 commits into

pipeline/4-holders-declare-pathsfrom

pipeline/5-stand-in-watcher

Commits on Sep 29, 2026

Test StatReader

Firehed
and
claude
committed
3224edb
Add StatReader

Firehed
and
claude
committed
564ea9e
Test the fallback for clients without watched files

Firehed
and
claude
committed
74c6394
Test a watched root that appears or returns

Firehed
and
claude
committed
833bf13
Add PollingFileWatcher for clients without watched files

Firehed
and
claude
committed
5c11ec0
Test a file created on disk is seen without watched files

Firehed
and
claude
committed
4a64849
Stand in for watched files when the client lacks them

Firehed
and
claude
committed
39943ae
Document how changes on disk are seen under ALE

Firehed
and
claude
committed
06dc420
Watcher test covers Snapshot

Firehed
and
claude
committed
63c640b
Allowlists admit StatReader and PollingFileWatcher

Firehed
and
claude
committed
a0145d3